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Quick Bites: Jubilee returns to Pensacola Beach

Julio Diaz, jdiaz@pnj.com
Published 12:45 p.m. CT April 21, 2015

Tom Carmichael, right, and Ryan Covalt, the owners of Capt'n Fun Beach Club at the Quietwater Beach Boardwalk on Pensacola Beach.(Photo: Katie King / kking@pnj.com)

One of the most iconic names in Pensacola Beach dining is set to make a comeback at the end of May, as Jubilee Oyster Bar & Grille will return to the Pensacola Beach Boardwalk.

Capt'n Fun Beach Club owners Tom Carmichael and Ryan Covalt — part of the original Jubilee for a combined 25 years — are behind the new venture, which will take up part of the space of the existing Capt'n Fun entertainment complex.

The new Jubilee will offer coastal casual dining in a beachfront setting, with Jubilee veteran Mike Tilton returning as executive chef. Dining will be offered indoors and outdoors from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily and will offer live entertainment and a family friendly atmosphere.

If you're hungry for Hooters wings for lunch, hope you're headed to the beach, because the Bayou Boulevard store closed Monday.

Director of Operations Phillip Robinson told freelance photographer Phil Bailey on Monday that the location was closing after 29 years, but that a new Hooters location will take its place somewhere in Pensacola. The franchise owners are looking for a new building as the existing location no longer served its purposes.

We'll keep you posted when a new location is announced. Meanwhile, the Pensacola Beach Boardwalk location remains open for business.